As the 49ers continue to pursue their preferred Santa Clara site, the Raiders have been focusing mainly on the Coliseum, despite their brief (and largely fruitless) discussions with Dublin officials. Regardless of what anyone thinks of the Coliseum deal, Al Davis, or the politicians involved, the Coliseum remains the most feasible place for the Raiders [...]

When Ray Ratto’s Sunday column was published, I had only one immediate response posted at AN. It was short and at the time, I felt it was sufficient. Since then there have been numerous comments here I’ll address it further. There’s nothing wrong with having contingencies. While Fremont appears to be moving along now that [...]

I got to last night’s work session 10 minutes late. I didn’t miss much. Seated in front of the council were familiar faces from Berkeley-based LSA Associates, the firm drafting the ballpark village environmental impact report. They were going over expectations and timelines for the report. Some of the important points from last night: LSA [...]

How does “Dublin Raiders” sound? No? Try “California Raiders.” Maybe not. In any case, according to the SF Business Times, the Raiders have expressed interest in the Army-owned Camp Parks site in Dublin. So far, Dublin mayor Janet Lockhart isn’t a proponent, saying, “My personal opinion is it would destroy the city of Dublin if [...]

And now the fun begins. Next Tuesday @ 6:00 p.m. (note the time change), the Fremont City Council will have a session to discuss, among other things, the enviromental impact report. Not sure if it’s a general Q&A thing, or for comments to the site plan. Regardless, it’s the first of many sessions that will [...]

Fremont’s quest for sales tax dollars continues as it considers a new shopping center at its southern limit along I-880: The 49-acre Bayside Marketplace would include several big box retailers, about a dozen smaller shops and 1,993 parking spaces just north of Dixon Landing Road. The distinction that the retailers would be big box and [...]

For the glutton in all of you, the A’s are reopening three sections of the vaunted View level/third deck. All 81 games will be available for the low, low price of $35! Borrowing a page from the Dodgers, the A’s are designating sections 316-318 as All-You-Can-Eat sections. Fans will enter through a special entrance and [...]

Steve Van Dorn, head of Santa Clara’s Chamber of Commerce and its Convention-Visitors Bureau, wrote an opinion piece for Monday’s Merc in favor of a proposed hotel or transient occupancy tax. The additional 2% levy, which would be tacked onto nightly bills for eight Santa Clara hotels near Great America, is projected to raise $35 [...]

…Like the man said. I don’t usually get into moves on the baseball side. I feel compelled to do this now because there’s a bit of fervor and backlash about first the Haren trade and now the Swisher trade (guess Swish isn’t getting that ballpark-facing condo now, eh?). I harken back to a game at [...]